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I am pretty shocked that NO ONE listed Ripken. If you look at the numbers below I think its pretty clear you have to rule out Jeter as the best SS of the 1990s, since he was only in 4.5 years of the 90's his numbers just cant match up. As for Ripken/Larkin the number bear out what most people already know, Larkin hit for a higher average, Ripken for more power. The issue comes in that needs to be addressed though is that if Larkin had a .21 better average, how come he has over 100 fewer hits? The answer is simple he missed a lot of time (compared to Ripken over the decade). So when comparing how valuable these two guys are, you have to average in the stats of Larkin's backup who was forced to play games in his absence. The orioles never had to worry about that with Ripken as he played every game. They never had to play a poor performing shortstop for 10 games because of an injury like the Reds had to do with Larkin. That and the fact that Ripken was a far superior defensive shortstop should give him the edge here.
Ripken: 1589 hits, 768, runs, 198 hr, 827 rbis, .282 ba average, 2528, (10 as starts, 1 mvp, 4 ss, 2 gg)
Larkin: 1447 hits, 834 runs, 137, hr, 639 rbis, .303 ba average, 2229 tb (9 as starts, 1 mvp, 5 ss, 1 gg)
Jeter: 807 hits, 486 runs, 63, hr, 341 rbs, .306 ba average, 1180 tb (2 as reserve, 1 ROY)

I am pretty shocked that NO ONE listed Ripken. If you look at the numbers below I think its pretty clear you have to rule out Jeter as the best SS of the 1990s, since he was only in 4.5 years of the 90's his numbers just cant match up. As for Ripken/Larkin the number bear out what most people already know, Larkin hit for a higher average, Ripken for more power. The issue comes in that needs to be addressed though is that if Larkin had a .21 better average, how come he has over 100 fewer hits? The answer is simple he missed a lot of time (compared to Ripken over the decade). So when comparing how valuable these two guys are, you have to average in the stats of Larkin's backup who was forced to play games in his absence. The orioles never had to worry about that with Ripken as he played every game. They never had to play a poor performing shortstop for 10 games because of an injury like the Reds had to do with Larkin. That and the fact that Ripken was a far superior defensive shortstop should give him the edge here.
Ripken: 1589 hits, 768, runs, 198 hr, 827 rbis, .282 ba average, 2528, (10 as starts, 1 mvp, 4 ss, 2 gg)
Larkin: 1447 hits, 834 runs, 137, hr, 639 rbis, .303 ba average, 2229 tb (9 as starts, 1 mvp, 5 ss, 1 gg)
Jeter: 807 hits, 486 runs, 63, hr, 341 rbs, .306 ba average, 1180 tb (2 as reserve, 1 ROY)